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Eagle-Eyed Man Discovers Rare Viking Arm Ring That May Have Been Lost in a Marsh in Sweden 1,000 Years Ago
An unidentified man found the armlet in a wetland last fall. Kalmar County Administrative Board. Last fall, a Swedish man ...
A Passerby Went for a Casual Stroll—and Stumbled Upon a 1,000-Year-Old Viking Artifact
A passerby discovered a rare Viking-era iron bracelet in a wetland on the Swedish island of Öland. The open-ended bracelet style is rare in large part because of the use of iron. Officials plan to ...
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Geneva’s Viking ship to make landfall in downtown
The Friends of the Viking Ship bought a property in downtown Geneva so the organization could build a museum to house the ...
Greek Reporter2d
Bronze Age Scandinavians Crossed Open Seas 3,000 Years Before Vikings
A new study suggests that Bronze Age Scandinavians crossed open seas 3,000 years before the Vikings, showing they were ...
Kansas City Star20d
Passerby notices something in wetland — and finds rare Viking item in Sweden. See it
The item turned out to be a rare Viking artifact. The finder, who chose to remain anonymous, visited a wetland on Öland island and stumbled upon a rare Viking armband, the Kalmar County ...